How to Use heavy lifting in a Sentence
heavy lifting
noun
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Third, a lot of the heavy lifting will be done by the iPhone 14 Max.
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Gordon Kelly,
Forbes,
16 Aug. 2022
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In fact, the mentee should be doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
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Gracey Cantalupo,
Forbes,
20 Apr. 2023
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Virgo moons do most of the heavy lifting for the rest of us.
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Glamour,
31 May 2022
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In the end, as is so often the case, the Americans and the British did the heavy lifting.
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The Editors,
National Review,
12 Jan. 2024
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Marte’s out was only the start of the bullpen’s heavy lifting.
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Doug Padilla,
Orange County Register,
28 June 2024
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There still is a lot of heavy lifting to do and the draft to look forward to.
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Brad Biggs,
chicagotribune.com,
23 Mar. 2022
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There will be weeks when the offense will be asked to do the heavy lifting.
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Dan Labbe,
cleveland,
10 Sep. 2023
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So proud of @jescanyon for doing all of the heavy lifting!
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Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE.com,
5 July 2021
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In the second quarter of 2020, Big Tech did the heavy lifting.
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Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
15 July 2022
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But [Brittany Snow] does most of the heavy lifting there.
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Evan Romano,
Men's Health,
21 Oct. 2022
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Lucky for you, Women's Health did all the heavy lifting.
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Olivia Evans,
Women's Health,
11 July 2023
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Yavuz Gultekin did the heavy lifting on the glass, each pulling down 12 boards.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2022
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Expect some of the heavy lifting to take place behind the scenes.
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Helene Elliott,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Oct. 2023
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And on both nights, their fastball did the heavy lifting.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2024
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But a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of building this thing was the three of us with band input.
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Ron Hart,
SPIN,
3 Oct. 2022
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Lose to struggling Utah -- even on the road -- and the Ducks would have undone a lot of heavy lifting.
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John Canzano,
oregonlive,
5 Feb. 2022
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And, looking to the future, AI could also help with some of the heavy lifting.
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Barnaby Lashbrooke,
Forbes,
13 Nov. 2023
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That will tell where this rebuild goes, since most of the heavy lifting is done.
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Dave Hyde,
sun-sentinel.com,
13 Sep. 2021
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A lot of the heavy lifting was being done very quickly.
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Ian Gotts,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2024
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But it’s the defense that is doing the heavy lifting once again.
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Omar Kelly,
sun-sentinel.com,
7 Dec. 2021
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Thankfully, The Pod Club does all the heavy lifting for you.
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PEOPLE.com,
2 Mar. 2022
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Thomas did the heavy lifting in the morning, when the wind was raging and limbs were swaying.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2022
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Andres Levell’s score is left to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
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Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
21 Dec. 2021
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Mothers do the heavy lifting, fathers swoop in when the praise flows.
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Paul Daugherty,
The Enquirer,
9 May 2022
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There's a lot of heavy lifting in Australia when things go wrong.
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Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
11 Oct. 2024
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Using a tool that takes that off your plate leaves you the mental space to do the heavy lifting.
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Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
14 May 2024
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The pop up is a lot of work, a lot to coordinate, lots of heavy lifting.
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Amber Love Bond,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2023
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Yet much of the heavy lifting was done by Orton and Orton alone.
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Matthew Richards,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Nov. 2022
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His 2000s output shuttled the heavy lifting to Ginuwine, Nelly and Keyshia Cole, among others.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
11 Oct. 2024
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The Duchess wore her usual light, fresh makeup with a peachy pink blush, nude lip, and minimal naked manicure, letting the red dress and her hair do all the heavy lifting for the evening.
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Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
7 Oct. 2024
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